On Wednesday, October 7, 2009 Fillmore Unified School District, in conjunction with the City of Fillmore, will be participating in the nationally celebrated event, Walk To School Day. This event gives children, parents, school teachers and community leaders an opportunity to be part of a global event as they celebrate the many benefits of walking and riding bicycles to school. It also provides a chance to discuss and address finding and creating safe routes to school and in our communities. In 2004, more than 3,000 schools in the US and approximately 3 million walkers from 36 countries walked to school together on Walk to School Day. Last year, all of FUSD schools participated in a variety of ways, unique to each school site. Events at schools will follow which include informational outdoor assemblies, physical activities, nutritional education, and pedestrian safety education through Safe Kids of Ventura County, music, fresh fruit and healthy snacks, jump-roping, families visiting school sites, running, and more. Look for us next Wednesday, as students, FUSD staff, parents, families, community members, police and city employees all join in and walk alongside each other for the benefit of our students, their safety and their health! http://www.walktoschool-usa.org/index.cfm.